I thought Clapton was a great guitar player until I heard Peter Green. Clapton's feels contrived in comparison. He's still very good to me.. but theres that extra 2% that can't not be taught or learned that he just doesn't have. To the average none musician listener I can see how they might think he was "God".
@tyleryesta1 Don't get me wrong I love Peter green but you don't have to be a musicologist to know who he is... most people who dig British Blues know him. So you would imagine that everyone who went to Blues Clubs in the sixties knew who he was too. I might be way out of line here but that was what i got from "To the average none musician listener I can see how they might think he was "God""
I love Peter Green, but Clapton's playing is on par, if not greater, than Peter's guitar playing. Clapton's live performances with Cream and Derek & the Dominos (especially the bootlegs) are unbelievable and still, IMO, unmatched to this day. How do you account for the fact that Eric's contemporaries and even his heroes regard him as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, guitarist ever? Are they wrong, or would you label them under the "average non-musician listener" category?
He was actually named slowhand after the type of applause an audience would give you when you had to interrupt the show to change a string. Eric Clapton used very thin strings that would break often, thus earning him the nickname.
@Theloniousfunkk i though it was cuz his friends would tease him that he was a slow player even though ironically hes incredibly fast if he wants to be
@BobReidy biggest reason was that clapton never wanted to be tied down to one band for very long, and ginger and jack's old feuds resurfaced near the end. it's a shame they didn't stay together longer, but as jack said, they made their "little" statement. little did he realize at the time that they had changed the course of hard rock music, and the torch they lit was carried on by jimmy page and led zepellin, mountain, and a bit later by black sabbath
@BobReidy ginger and jack's feuding resumed in the last few months and eric did not want to be tied down to any one band for a long time, that was born out in the fact that he left the yardbirds, cream, blind fatih, and derek and the dominoes after all relatively short stints
@BobReidy :personality clashes,mainly btw Bruce & Baker.Plus they were touring most of the time they were together -basically they were sick of each other.............
4.50 to 5.15 is a beautiful singing tone plus great phrasing. Eric was apart from other players of the era up until 1968.
genericgeorge 1 month ago
where's part 1 and 2??
rasaladas 4 months ago
5:06
my1name2 7 months ago
I thought Clapton was a great guitar player until I heard Peter Green. Clapton's feels contrived in comparison. He's still very good to me.. but theres that extra 2% that can't not be taught or learned that he just doesn't have. To the average none musician listener I can see how they might think he was "God".
tyleryesta1 7 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@tyleryesta1 Don't get me wrong I love Peter green but you don't have to be a musicologist to know who he is... most people who dig British Blues know him. So you would imagine that everyone who went to Blues Clubs in the sixties knew who he was too. I might be way out of line here but that was what i got from "To the average none musician listener I can see how they might think he was "God""
PindamonhaMAN 6 months ago
@tyleryesta1
I love Peter Green, but Clapton's playing is on par, if not greater, than Peter's guitar playing. Clapton's live performances with Cream and Derek & the Dominos (especially the bootlegs) are unbelievable and still, IMO, unmatched to this day. How do you account for the fact that Eric's contemporaries and even his heroes regard him as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, guitarist ever? Are they wrong, or would you label them under the "average non-musician listener" category?
emeraldaxe 5 months ago
Cream - one of my all time favorite bands. Three great musicians influencing each other to make great music.
cgabler91191 1 year ago
anyone for tennis,wouldn't that be nice?
trulysarcastic 1 year ago
Ginger Baker is the architypal rock musician isnt he? Great guy!
starryian007 1 year ago
i wouldn't say ginger is the best, but i'm 32 and have been playing drums since i was 10, and he is deff. in the top 5
1313stephen1313 1 year ago
Ginger's the best fucking drummer in rock history... One of my idols!!!
Thamacx 1 year ago 9
@Thamacx absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!
avalanche344 10 months ago
@Thamacx NO shit, dude his sound on the 2005 reunion dvd was unreal. He's practically 70 and better than he was when he was 20.
jf99151 5 months ago
cream r absolutly fantastic, and i love the song Politician
castarlblues 2 years ago 10
He was actually named slowhand after the type of applause an audience would give you when you had to interrupt the show to change a string. Eric Clapton used very thin strings that would break often, thus earning him the nickname.
Theloniousfunkk 2 years ago 2
@Theloniousfunkk It was actually the speed with which he changed the strings after they broke that earned him the nickname.
TheGreatStonedOne 1 year ago
@Theloniousfunkk i though it was cuz his friends would tease him that he was a slow player even though ironically hes incredibly fast if he wants to be
grahamm13 11 months ago
thats the english 4 ya we form a great band over a cup of tea the yanks will never be able to do
cam123cha 2 years ago
Gawd did I love Cream in my teens , still look back at this group as my first love for blues/rock , foundational-thanks
edjoe359 2 years ago
Why did they break up?
BobReidy 2 years ago
@BobReidy biggest reason was that clapton never wanted to be tied down to one band for very long, and ginger and jack's old feuds resurfaced near the end. it's a shame they didn't stay together longer, but as jack said, they made their "little" statement. little did he realize at the time that they had changed the course of hard rock music, and the torch they lit was carried on by jimmy page and led zepellin, mountain, and a bit later by black sabbath
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 1 year ago
@BobReidy ginger and jack's feuding resumed in the last few months and eric did not want to be tied down to any one band for a long time, that was born out in the fact that he left the yardbirds, cream, blind fatih, and derek and the dominoes after all relatively short stints
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 1 year ago
@BobReidy :personality clashes,mainly btw Bruce & Baker.Plus they were touring most of the time they were together -basically they were sick of each other.............
hazor777 1 year ago
thank you sir
fatpatty23 2 years ago